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These are not off-field issues. Being doped / drugged is of course a reason to withdraw a title a posteriori. Shitting in your bath tub is not. I think the dis
by auggierose 3y ago
These are not off-field issues. Being doped / drugged is of course a reason to withdraw a title a posteriori. Shitting in your bath tub is not.
I think the distinction between cultural and sport trophy makes sense: A cultural trophy is something someone gave to you for their own reasons, so of course they can take it away as well. A sport trophy is something you earned. Unless somebody can prove you didn't actually earn it (doping / cheating), it is very uncommon to be taken away after the fact.
- defrost 3y agoJoe Paterno: Penn State removed the legendary coach's statue outside the stadium, and 111 of his career wins were erased because of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Are you saying that the child molestation took place on field?
- auggierose 3y agoI guess that's what I mean by "uncommon". Count the examples in your list, and that's one of the very few actual counterexamples. Furthermore, and I think this is important, he was a coach, not an athlete. Finally, child molestation is in a different category than shitting in a bath tub, but I admit that is besides the point.